Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for evermore.
Their Duty Done
A tribute to the men and women of the East Gippsland Region who Died
as a result of their participation in World War One : 1914 - 1919
Charles was born at Orbost in 1892 and educated there before the family
moved to Tasmania where he was involved in the farming and the
Ringarooma Co-Operative Factory. He had attempted to enlist three times
before he was finally successful on 3 December 1914 when he was 22 years
old.
By May 1915 he was in Gallipoli and over the next few weeks suffered
several bouts of gastro that saw him evacuated to Mudros and the hospital
ships on more than one occasion. On 10 September he was transferred to
Alexandria with enteric fever (typhoid) and died three days later on 13
September 1915. He was buried at Chatby Cemetery in Egypt.
….. tried to enlist three times before acceptance
1642 Private Charles James Story - Orbost
Died of Illness 13th September 1915
